Protein-polysaccharide loss during endochondral ossification: immunochemical evidence.
Fluorescein labeled antibodies to protein- polysaccharides from rat and calf cartilage were used for the histochemical localization of protein- poly saccharide in epiphyseal cartilage. There was less protein- polysaccharide in the zone of provisional calcification than in the proliferating and maturing zones, and none was demonstrable in the metaphysis. During or just preceding cal cification, protein- polysaccharide or its protein component is lost or drastically altered.
D000818:Animals; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002356:Cartilage; D002417:Cattle; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D011134:Polysaccharides; D051381:Rats; D012272:Ribs; D013977:Tibia
D011134:Polysaccharides